Tag: BIR

Solon asks BIR to stop online payment

House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Miro Quimbo asks the Bureau of Internal Revenue to suspend its online payment scheme due to the many complaints said scheme garnered due to technical difficulties.

DILG and BIR to do lifestyle check on PNP personnel

Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas admitted that he had asked the assistance of Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner  Kim Henares to enforce lifestyle check for the entire police force. According to Roxas, he spoke with Henares to ask  her help in observing the assets of the PNP personnel.  The probe will begin with the policemen with a star rank level. Income tax returns will be just one of the possible targets of BIR in […]

Taxpayers rush to BIR

Taxpayers rush to the offices of the Bureau of Internal Revenue for the last day of submitting the income tax return, which will last till 5:00 pm today.

Different modes of tax payment

Other than directly paying to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, BIR Commissioner Kim Henares said that there are different modes of payment of income tax returns through authorized banks and even through mobile payments and tax debit memos.

BIR Reminds public: Last Day of filing Income Tax Return on April 15

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has reminded the public, including corporate taxpayers, that they have only until April 15 to file their Income Tax Returns (ITR). BIR said it would not give any extension anymore, and reminded late ITR filers to pay on time and within the deadline.  Henares said, they have been long reminding the public about the April 15  deadline for the filing of ITR, and therefore, she said there is no […]

BIR To Pacquiao: Tax Reminder Was Not Meant To Spoil Victory

Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) chief Kim Jacinto- Henares reminded boxing champion Manny Pacquiao to pay his taxes.  Henares said this was not meant to spoil his recent victory over Timothy Bradley. Pacquiao reportedly has to pay BIR an estimated P2.1 billion as of December 2012.  This does not yet include interests. But a Malacañang spokesperson said on Monday that Henares was not out to “spoil” Pacquiao’s victory, and that Henares’ advice to Pacquiao was […]

Henares vs. Pacquiao

After winning the WBO Welterweight Championship, Manny Pacquiao faces another tough battle against Bureau of Internal Revenue Kim Henares, who warned that he would face more problems if he fails to make a proper tax report of his latest win.

PMA finds ally in teachers’ group in condemning BIR print ad

The Philippine Medical Association found an ally in the group called the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition in its condemnation of a controversial print ad of the Bureau of Internal Revenue.  According to TDC National Chairperson Benjo Basas, the BIR should not have made a sweep generalization about doctors in their print ads that pictured medical practitioners as tax evaders or tax cheats. The controversial half-page print ad that came out last Sunday showed a teacher carrying on […]